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GRAIN BINDING .HARVESTER.

No. 329,932. Patented Nov.- 10, 1885.

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GRAIN BINDING HARVESTER No. 329,932. Patented Nov. 10,,.1885.

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LEXVIS MILLER AND AUGUSTUS E. ELLINWVOOD, OF AKRON, OHIO.

GRAlN-BINDING HARVESTER.

Application filed April 7, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Lnwis MILLER and AUGUSTUS E. ELLIN\VOOD, both of Akron, county of Summit,and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in GrainBinding Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Our invention relates to a novel construction of the frame or arm through which the platform-frame carrying the binder frame and mechanism is connected with and supported by the single drive-wheel; to the manner of connecting the platform-frame with the drivewheel frame or arm for adapting said platformframe to be adjusted inheight and to be rocked or tilted upon its pivotal connection with the wheel frame or arm; to the manner of combining the draft attachment and the wheel frame or arm with the plat form-frame, whereby the draft is applied to thelatter, and the wheelframe is propelled through its connection with said platform-f .me, and to the means for effecting the adjustment of the latter, all as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of so much of a harvesting-machine as is necessary to show our improvements, with the inclined binder table removed to show the arrangement of the gearing, packers, and needle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with parts broken away of the same looking from the stubble side of the machine. Fig. 3

is a front elevation of the same, with the in-v clined binder-table added, to show its relation to the other parts of the machine; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the forward outer binder-frame standard.

A represents what we designate as the main drive-wheel frame or arm, consisting of a bifurcated bar or casting, the arms a and a of which converge and unite at one end in a laterally-projecting axle, a", upon which the main drive-wheel B is mounted. The other ends of the arms a a terminate in sleeve or eye bearings a (d, in which the secondaryv or pin ion shaft C has its bearings, said shaft being provided on its outer end with a pinion, c, which engages with and is driven by a spurgear, 13, formed upon or secured to the drivingwheel. By this arrangement it will be ZOIFZCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,932, dated November 10, 1885.

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seen that any movement or adjustment of the bifurcated end of the frame A will be upon the axle as a center, and the pinion 0 will always be inmesh with the driving-gear B.

D represents the forward sill of the platformframe, and D the rear sill thereof, said sills being united by suitable longitudinal bars in any usual manner, and upon the inner ends of the sills or of the platform-frame, in suitable standards, are secured tubular bars E and E, of the binder-frame, the standards F and F supporting the bar E, being taller than those supporting the bar E, in such manner as to give to the transverse bars E connecting said bars E and E, and to the binding-table Gr, supported thereon, an upward inclination from its inner end adjacent to the platformcarrier outward toward the stubble side of the machine, as shown in Fig. 3. The forward standard, F, is of peculiar formation, being provided. at its lower end with flanges or feet, adapting it to be firmly secured to the inner end of the forward sill, D, and with forward]y-projecting vertical ribsf, f, and f ff being provided with bearings for a short transverse shaft, 9, having at one end a worm-wheel with which a worm or screw, 9, on an upright shaft, engages for actuating the shaft 9 for wrapping upon it or unwrapping one end of a chain, which, at its other end, is connected with the axle end of the arm of frame A. The flanges f and f form the side walls of a socket, in which the rear end of the tongue H is pivoted, and extend above said socket to a transverse sleeve, F, formed in the standard, and of a length to snugly fill in between the sleeve-bearings a a on the ends of the arms a and a of the frame or forked arm A. The pinion-shaft is mounted in said bearings, as explained,passing through the sleeve F, uniting and serving as a pivotal connection between the platformframe and the drive-wheel frame or arm A. The standard F extends above the sleeve F and terminates in a socket at f 3 for the reception and support of the tubular bar E of the binder-frame, and which is bolted or otherwise rigidly seeured therein.

The tongue, as stated, is pivoted at its rear end in the socketin standard F, and at a point in advance thereof has the forward end ofa brace-rod, h, secured to it on its grain side, said brace extending back obliquely to the path of the machine, and being pivoted to the forward sill, D, of the platform-frame ator near the its rear end being pivoted to the forward end ofthe longitudinal binder-frame bar E at 1;, or to the binder gear-standard K, ator near its lower end, if preferred. The gear-standard is similar in form or construction and arrangement to that described in Letters Patent granted tome April 24, 1883, No. 276,448, and

serves to support the drivers foot plank and seat, as therein described, or in other suitable manner.

The pinion-shaft O has upon its inner enda bevel-gear, c, from which motion is imparted to a bevel-pinion, a, on the main binder gearshaft J, and thence to the binder mechanism, platform-carrier, and other operative parts of the machine, in any suitable manner. In practice the upright shaft 9 is provided with a handwheel on its upper end, arranged within convenient reach of the driver in his seat for enabling him to actuate. the shaft 9 for causing it to wind up or unwind the chain y in a manner that will be readily understood.

By the construction described it will be seen that the platform-frame, with the binder-frame mechanism and inclined elevating binder-table secured upon its inner or stubble end, is hinged at one end of the wheel-frame through the medium of the transverse pinion-shaft,,

and is adapted to be rocked upon said shaft for giving it the desired angle of inclination by the adjustment of the lever I and chain 9 also, that as the lever I is connected with the platform-framethrough link I and the standard F, or binder-gear standard, at a point above the plane of the axle, when said lever is held locked in position by a thumb-latch and notched or toothed segment, as shown, or other suitable means, the winding up of the chain will tend to draw the lower end of the standard F up toward the axle, and as it can approach the axle only by swinging forward on its pivotal connection with the frame A it will be seen that, in order to permit such swinging The arrangement of the frame or arm A.

shown brings the platform -frame and the binder-table and mechanism mounted thereon practically in rear of the driving-wheel, and so obviates the necessity of elevating the grain as high as in machines in which the bundles have to be carried over the wheel to be discharged, it being necessary in the arrangement shown only to raise the grain high enough to accommodate the movements of that portion of the gathering, compressing, and binding mechanism operating from beneath the bindertable, and which may be of any suitable or preferred form.

Having now described our invention, we claim as new- 1. The combination of the platform-frame, the inclined binder-frame on the inner end thereof, the binder-frame standard connecting the forward inner corner of said frames, and the drive-wheel frame hinged to said standard, substantially as described.

, 2. The combination of the platforlnframe, the binder-frame, the interposed binder-frame standard, and the wheel-frame hinged at one end to said standard, and having the drivewheel axle on its other end, substantially as described.

3. The drive-wheel frame provided at one end with the drive-wheel axle, and having its opposite end forked to receive and in combination with the binder-frame standard hinged thereto, substantially as described.

4. The drive-wheel frame having the drivewheel axle on one end and the binder-frame standard hinged to its opposite swinging end,

in combination with the cord or chain for adjusting the platform and binder frames secured to the axle end of the drive-wheel frame, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the platform-frame, the binder-frame, the interposed binderframe-supporting standard, the wheel-frame, the cord or chain connecting said wheel-frame and platform-frames, and means for adj usting said chain, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the drive -wheel frame, the platform-frame carrying the binder-frame and binder mechanism and hinged to the Wheel-frame, the draft attachment acting through the platform-frame to propel the wheel-frame, the worm-wheel shaft and chain connecting the platformframe and drivewheel axle, means for actuating said wormwheel shaft, and the lever and link connecting the pole through the binder-frame with the platform-frame, for the purpose and substan tially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 29th day of March, A. D. 1884.

Witnesses:

O. L. SADLER, 1 L. H. HANSOOM. 

